Experienced actors and actresses have no trouble playing characters of any age, and movie producers and directors are well aware of this and take advantage of it. All because a talented celebrity’s presence in a project is far more vital than a perfect fit with the plot. When performers of the same age portray the parts of parents and children, however, these nuances are difficult to disguise from the eyes of careful viewers.
Aquaman stars Nicole Kidman and Jason Momoa.
The World According to Garp stars Glenn Close and Robin Williams.
Riding in Cars with Boys with Drew Barrymore and Adam Garcia
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Director’s Cut) stars John Noble and Sean Bean.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade stars Sean Connery and Harrison Ford.
Jensen Ackles and Jeffrey Dean Morgan — Supernatural
Little Nicky stars Reese Witherspoon and Adam Sandler.
Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds — Fireflies in the Garden
Laws of Attraction starring Frances Fisher and Julianne Moore
On the Basis of Sex, Felicity Jones and Cailee Spaeny
Ray Liotta and Johnny Depp — Blow
Mildred Pierce stars Kate Winslet and Evan Rachel Wood.
Hamlet stars Glenn Close and Mel Gibson.
Do you know of any other films in which the on-screen parents and children are of unusually different ages?
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